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Kylie Parker and Lindy Druitt are forging new paths for women in the male-dominated accounting world. From data collected by The Australian Financial Review and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, in the Top 100 Accounting Firms, they operated the only two female-led/owned accounting firms out of 143 firms whose overall average of female partners is just 14 per cent, the data revealed.